Did you know that the average middle schooler reads 400,000 words a year? At KIPP Academy of Innovation we want to change that. Our goal is for all of our students to read 1,000,000 words by the end of the year. One million!

We work incredibly hard to help build a love of reading for our students and our students work incredibly hard to reach their goals. We love rewarding our students for their hard work.

We do several things to reward our students:

• Monthly SWAG (Students Who Achieve Goals) Parties - Every month students who reach their monthly goal for reading get to attend a celebration. These celebrations range from video game trucks, ice skating trips (in L.A), house parties, movie nights etc.

• Perseverance Celebrations - Last year we wanted to make sure all students got rewarded for their hard work.We held a special celebration for students who were struggling in reading but worked incredibly hard both increase their reading level and meet their monthly word goals. That group of student got a special trip to sky zone.

• Reading Benchmark Rewards - At every major benchmark on their way to 5 million we give our students a prize. As students read more and more the value of the prizes increase. When students get to a million they get a book of their choice. When a student gets to 5 million they get their own nook.

• End of the Year Field trips - We also do a top ten contest. Each grade level keeps track of their top ten readers and at the end of the year we took those readers to the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter"

Aa you can see we do a lot for our students and we love doing them with our students. However, as our school grows then less money we have to spend on these events. Our budget for reading incentives has been cut significantly. With your help you will be able drastically increase the chances that ALL students will have a positive experience. Your money could help fund a video game bus OR take our 5th grade team ice skating OR you could even help take our "Top Ten" readers to Harry Potter Land.

Anything you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

The KIPP Innovation Team

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